I am the proud owner of a 1229 that I got from jdjohn earlier this year and a 1219 recently fully and impecably restored by our very own dualcan!

I have owned the 1219 for many years. It came from Ebay and required a parts table to get it running. It worked great until last Summer and I got in over my head trying to fix it.

Now it runs like new, is dead silent and looks great.

I will send my 1228 out to Klaus next year for spa treatment. That table with a M91 or 93 ed cart will be a gift for my daughter for graduation from MTSU. I will get a new dust cover made for it though.

I want to cry... My 1229 was LENT to a friend's son nearly thirty years ago and it stayed with his ex when he divorced and emigrated to the US in the mid 90's, leaving his old life behind :(

There's a chance of a fair price mint 1019 though. I should flog a Garrard or two to justify it first...

Absobloodylutely wonderful these decks are. The pleasure in watching and hearing them work (the 701 is silent as the grave when the auto functions are working), the wonderful musical sounds that emanate from a 'mere auto-changer' too and the lovely 'feel' of the controls. The only thing to balance the increasing used prices on these is the fact that a 1229/1249 would probably cost the thick end of a couple of grand if made today.

Love my 1219. Bought it new 46 years ago. I service it regularly and it repays me faithfully with its uncompromising quality of sound reproduction. I have a direct drive linier tracking turntable by Technics that sounds excellent, however I find that I return to the 1219 when I do really serious listening. I just like the sound from the 1219 better.